Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935)

Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (May 14th 1868 to May 14th 1935) was a researcher on sex, venereal disease, sexuality, and gender.

Institute for Sex Research (1919-1933)

Hirschfeld's founding and leadership in Germany with the Institute for Sex Research (Institut für Sexualwissenschaft) was renowned for its progressive attitudes towards queer and transgender communities. It was plundered and closed under the Nazi government as it was deemed "Jewish, social-democratic, and immoral".

Articles

• Royalty Implicated, Oakes Times (Article, January 1908)
• Sex Congress Opened By Experts At Berlin, Casper Daily (Article, 1921)
• Birth Control Clinic Opens In Germany, Daily Worker (Article, 1924)
• Noted Germans Cable Protest To Gov Fuller, Daily Worker (Article, July 1926)
• Huge Burning of Books May 3 in Germany, Daily Worker (Article, April 1933)
• Berlin University Students Seize Books, Brownsville Herald (Article, 1933)
• Famed Jewish Leader Dies, Indianapolis Times (Article, May 1935)
• Noted Refugee Dies, Evening Star (Article, May 1935)

Related Pages

• Hirschfeld Research

Cited In

• Die Sexuelle Frage (1905)
• The Intermediate Sex (1908)

Sources

1. German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Bestand)"
2. German Digital Library (Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), "Institut für Sexualwissenschaft"

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• Library of Congress, Salt Lake Tribune (1910), "'Chantecler' Play of the Century." states that Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld celebrates a student in his piece called "Die Travestiten".
• Library of Congress, Boletín mercantil de Puerto Rico (1918), "Crónica de Zurich"
• Library of Congress, Casper daily (1921), "Sex Congress Opened By Experts At Berlin"
• Library of Congress, American Jewish World (1921), "Allegory of Jacob and Laban" describes an anti-Semitic incident against Magnus Hirschfeld.
• Library of Congress, Omaha Daily Bee (1921), "'Talking Cure' Given at Sex Science Institute"
• Library of Congress, The American (1921), "Crimes in Germany Show 500 Per Cent Increase"
• Library of Congress, The Daily Worker (1926), "Noted Germans Cable Protest To Gov. Fuller"
• Library of Congress, The Daily Worker (1932), "The Scottsboro Mother in Austria"
• Library of Congress, Indianapolis Times (1935), "Famed Jewish Leader Dies"
• Library of Congress, Evening Star (1935), "Noted Refugee Dies"

Future Gallery

To be added:

• "Jefferson Jimplecute" (1907): possible land for sale in Texas from a Dr. Hirschfeld in Berlin
• "Omaha Daily" (1921): opinion piece by Magnus on love
• "The Northwest Enterprise" (1931): Hirschfeld discussions racism and interracial relationships

Here are some articles about Magnus Hirschfeld that require intermediary translation techniques:

• "Der Deutsche Correspondent" (1902): piece involving royalty-associated libel case (German)
• "Die Bloomfield Germania" (1913): article describing transgender woman (German)
• "La Opinión" (1934): article describes Germany's sterilization law under Hitler with mention of Hirschfeld criticizing it (Spanish)